Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Implementation Made Simple (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Bloom, Neil B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071460691 ISBN 13: 9780071460699

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2006

Title: Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: Neil Bloom <>Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL Professional

From the Back Cover:

Maximize Efficiency, Output, and Quality with RCM

RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance) can save millions of dollars in repair and equipment failure costs -- but it can be difficult to implement without proper guidance. Written by an expert with more than thirty years' experience, this resource offers innovative approaches and practical advice to simplify and facilitate the introduction and management of the RCM process.

Measurable, real-world, benefits:

• Maximize maintenance operations
• Improve accuracy and organization of reliability data
• Decrease maintenance costs
• Enhance manufacturing operations
• Reduce work order backlog

With this guide, readers will be able to implement a maintenance strategy that will maximize their plant and equipment life-cycle while increasing safety, quality, and output. Readers will find clear, real-world coverage of essential RCM topics such as:

• Single vs. multiple failure analysis
• Cost considerations
• Hidden failures
• Critical components
• Run-to-failure
• An explanation of redundant, standby, and backup functions

Develop an effective, dollar-saving maintenance strategy: Why RCM Has Been So Difficult to Implement; RCM: The Next Plateau - Fundamental RCM; Classical RCM Implementation Made Simple; The Implementation Process; Typical Examples of "Golden Nuggets"; A RCM Living Program.

Synopsis:

A Reliability Centered Maintenance program is an effective way for a firm to save millions of dollars in unscheduled maintenance and equipment failure - but it can be difficult to implement. Written by an expert with more than thirty years' experience, this book introduces innovative approaches to simplify implementing and managing the RCM process and shows plant, mechanical, and maintenance engineers how to: identify systems functions, functional failures, and the consequences of those failures; understand how to functionally analyze a system; identify run-to-failure components and their limitations; and, understand hidden failure modes in plant and equipment.

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071460691
• ISBN 13: 9780071460699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312